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Kid Friendly Food

My daughter is 3 years old and will only eat yogurt, crackers and fruit bars. I know this is probably only a stage but maybe if I gave her different choices she would eat. Any suggestions for healthy kid friendly food ?

My kids get what is for meals. If they choose not to eat it that's up to them but they don't get anything else. Some favorites are omelettes (they will eat anything if its in an omelette!), scrambled eggs, sliced chicken breast rolled in bread crumbs and baked served with something to dip it in, fruit cut in shapes (you can use cookie cutters or freehand - melon lends itself well to this), raw fruit on skewers (my kids like halved grape tomatoes, cucumber and carrot sticks) with ranch, slices of cheese and turkey rolled in a whole wheat tortilla spread with cream cheese then sliced into "pinwheels" (you can also add shredded veggies to this)

My daughter has to eat what I make. She held out 2 days and all she got was water. I let her plate sit in the fridge & would get it out to offer it to her whenever she said she was hungry. I just can't stand when parents cater to their children like they're running a restaurant. *Getting off my soapbox now*

I don't think it's a stage either. She's just eating only what she likes because you let her. My son is 3 and eats what I put on the table. Try using dips to make things more fun. Yogurt-based dips for fruits and veggies, honey for chicken. When making meals, put out at least 1 thing you know she likes and 1 new thing that she has to try a bite of. Anyone can handle 1 bite. Good Luck!

I don't always agree with that, some children are just picky eaters, my daughter will eat almost anything , my nephew is painful!! He would rather not eat than try something different, he is one of those kids that doesn't care for eating he will take it or leave it. , going 24 hrs without eating is nothing for him , so I think it's easy to judge when you don't have a picky eater